{"id":406354,"date":"2017-07-28T12:32:02","date_gmt":"2017-07-28T12:32:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ghana-mma.com\/2017\/07\/28\/ghana-is-ready-for-wafu-competition-isaac-asiamah\/"},"modified":"2017-07-28T12:32:02","modified_gmt":"2017-07-28T12:32:02","slug":"ghana-is-ready-for-wafu-competition-isaac-asiamah","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2017\/07\/28\/ghana-is-ready-for-wafu-competition-isaac-asiamah\/","title":{"rendered":"Ghana is ready for WAFU competition &#8211; Isaac Asiamah"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p class=\"article-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/14254010.295.jpg\" alt=\"Isaac Asiamah Sports Ministry\" title=\"Isaac Asiamah Sports Ministry\" width=\"295\" height=\"197\" \/><span class=\"image_caption\"><span>Minister of Youth and Sports, Isaac Asiamah<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"noPrint\">\n<div id=\"537626303\" style=\"width:300;height:250;margin:0;padding:0\">\n\t\t  <noscript><iframe loading=\"lazy\" id=\"b2ad7fa7fd\" name=\"b2ad7fa7fd\" src=\"http:\/\/ghanaweb-d.openx.net\/w\/1.0\/afr?auid=537626303&amp;cb=150106940086186\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" width=\"300\" height=\"250\"><a href=\"\/\/ghanaweb-d.openx.net\/w\/1.0\/rc?cs=b2ad7fa7fd&amp;cb=150106940086186\">&#13;<br \/>\n\t\t  <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/1501245122_57_ai\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/iframe><\/noscript>\n\t\t<\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p style=\"clear:right\"> The Minister of Youth and Sports, Isaac Asiamah says Ghana is ready to host the WAFU tournament which kicks off on September 9.<\/p>\n<p>Asiamah indicated that Ghana hosted the 2008 African Cup of Nations tournament perfectly and can replicate it in the WAFU competition.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe have the capacity to host the WAFU tournament, Ghana is already having the track record as we hosted the AFCON perfectly,\u201d Asiamah told footballmadeinghana.com<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe have the needed hotels, pitches, road networks and others to make the competition a success,\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt will also give our local players the needed platform to market themselves to the world and also help businesses in Ghana,\u201d Asiamah added.<\/p>\n<p>The 2017 WAFU Tournament is the first time the country is hosting a major tournament after AFCON 2008.<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a style=\"display:none\" rel=\"follow\" href=\"http:\/\/megatheme.ir\/\" title=\"\u0642\u0627\u0644\u0628 \u0648\u0631\u062f\u067e\u0631\u0633\">\u0642\u0627\u0644\u0628 \u0648\u0631\u062f\u067e\u0631\u0633<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Minister of Youth and Sports, Isaac Asiamah &#13; The Minister of Youth and Sports, Isaac Asiamah says Ghana is ready to host the WAFU tournament which kicks off on September 9. 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